Wearing horns and a cloak, the Oscar winner and mother of six, 37, held a walking staff as she shot outdoor scenes for Maleficent in London June 20. Filming began in England's Pinewood Studios one week earlier.

Super 8 and We Bought a Zoo star Elle Fanning, 14, will play Aurora/Sleeping Beauty. JunoTemple, 22, has been cast as Thistlewit, and SamRiley, 32, will star as Diaval. Other cast members include BrentonThwaites, IndiaEisley, MirandaRichardson and KennethCranham.

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"It's a really great script, and I'm having a lot of fun. I've already got my horns fitted," Jolie said of her titular role in March. "My kids are very happy."

"It's not anti-princess, but it's the first time they're looking at this epic woman [in a different way]," Jolie explained. "I hope in the end you see a woman who is capable of being many things, and just because she protects herself and is aggressive, it doesn't mean she can't have other [warmer] qualities. You have to figure out the puzzle of what she is."